असली नकली (1962) : distribution, intrigue et streaming

Released in 1962, असली नकली is a drame and romance film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, running about 160 minutes.

What it’s about. Renu lives a poor lifestyle with her family. Shattered and devastated with the deaths of her father and brother, Renu decides to take up the mantle of feeding her family, hiding her dad's death from her ill and fragile mother, and goes along pretending that her father is still alive. Things brighten up when a homeless young man, Anand, enters her life, both fall in love with each other and want to get married. But once again fate plays a cruel joke on Renu as she subsequently finds out that Anand is not who he claims to be, but is in fact, a playboy, the grandson, nicknamed 'Prince", of one of the wealthiest man in town, Dwarkadas, and Anand is scheduled to get married to Rekha - the only heir to a multi-million rupee estate. Watch as events unfold and the effect this news has on the townspeople and Renu's mom.

Who’s in it. असली नकली stars Dev Anand as Anand, Mukri as Nandu, Leela Chitnis as Renu's mother and Sandhya Roy as Shanti, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, असली नकली has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch असली नकली page.

If you liked it. Fans of असली नकली tend to enjoy Les Évadés, Le Parrain, La Liste de Schindler and Le Parrain, 2e partie.